The year 2017 is coming after a tumultuous one. From the election of Donald Trump in the US and the Brexit vote in the UK to our homegrown protests by the prosperous castes of Patels, Marathas and Jats, who want to be declared “backward”, the world has been split apart. These are signs of economic growth that is going horribly wrong. Inequality and divisions between people are increasing. The same economic growth is also having a huge and devastating impact on the environment — the fallout is the growing cost of toxicity in our air, water, land and food, and,
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